'What Video Games Have to Teach us About Learning and Literacy is an important volume in a field that is currently growing significantly. - Ben Williamson, NESTA Futurelab '...an astoundingly insightful manifesto on teaching and learning...' - Michael Hoechsmann, McGill Journal of Education '[Gee is] a serious scholar who is taking a lead in an emerging field.' - Scott Carlson, Chronicle of Higher Education '[Gee is] one of the worlds leading educational experts.' - The Observer 'These games succeed because, according to Gee, they gradually present information that is actually needed to perform deeds.' - Norman A. Lockman, USA Today 'Gee astutely points out that for video game makers, unlike schools, failing to engage children is not an option.' - Terrence Hackett, Chicago Tribune 'Gee...says the most challenging games prod players to push the boundaries of their skills and to adapt...' - Shannon Mullen, Asbury Park Press '...'good' computer games...use critical learning principles to quickly teach kids to play extremely complex virtual reality games.' - Norman Lockman, Jackson Clarion-Ledger 'Rather than be reined in, today's successful game designers should be recognized as modern masters of learning theory...' - Mike Snider, Cincinnati Enquirer 'Am I a bad parent for letting [my child] play video games at 4? Not at all, according to Gee.' - Jim Louderback, USA Weekend Magazine '...Gee suggests that...schools...are 'in the cognitive-science dark ages.' - Jeffery Kurz, Meriden-Wallingford Record-Journal